Tag: heart disease
member name: Harvard Health Publications
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September 11, 2007 02:19 PM EDT --
The harm caused by tobacco has been exhaustively detailed. Yet cigarette smoking has barely declined since 1990. The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates 23% of Americans continue to smoke. If you want . . .
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February 12, 2008 04:38 PM EST --
Sleep seems to be such a serene way to replenish energy and restore the mind. For your heart, blood vessels, and immune system, though, it's anything but peaceful. There are periods of calm, to be . . .
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July 03, 2007 11:35 AM EDT --
The benefits of exercise may sound too good to be true, but decades of solid science confirm that exercise improves health and can extend your life. Adding as little as half an hour of moderately intense . . .
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September 04, 2007 11:28 AM EDT --
Sleep is essential to rest the mind, allowing it to function efficiently and creatively during the day. And sleep is just as important for the body, giving muscles and joints time to recover from an active . . .
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September 10, 2007 12:46 PM EDT --
When patients ask me whether they should be taking an aspirin a day, my usual response (assuming it is safe for them to take aspirin) is to try taking a coated “baby” aspirin daily with food. . . .
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August 27, 2007 03:52 PM EDT --
A migraine can cause excruciating head pain that pulses or throbs, nausea, and sensitivity to light and sound. Add heartache to the list, suggest researchers from Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s . . .
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July 09, 2007 12:45 PM EDT --
For the last 10 years, the American Heart Association (AHA) has tried to keep doctors and their female patients abreast of the latest knowledge on preventing heart disease. The association’s latest . . .
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July 23, 2007 11:20 AM EDT --
Soy protein and isoflavones haven’t held up well in clinical trials, but there’s still a place for soy in our diets.
Once the belle of the health-food ball, soy is looking a little forlorn . . .
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July 30, 2007 05:50 PM EDT --
They’re versatile and have a long track record. But should you count on a beta blocker to treat your high blood pressure?
Beta blockers — also known as beta-adrenergic blockers or beta antagonists . . .
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July 30, 2007 05:58 PM EDT --
If you have a pacemaker or implanted cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), you’ve probably been warned not to keep a cell phone in your breast pocket or hold it near your heart. The same rule should . . .
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August 06, 2007 01:21 PM EDT --
An article in the March 7, 2007, Journal of the American Medical Association compared weight loss over the course of a year in 311 overweight but healthy women who used one of four popular diet plans: . . .
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August 14, 2007 10:31 AM EDT --
Just because you can buy aspirin without a prescription (and for pennies a tablet) doesn’t mean everyone should be taking it to prevent a heart attack or stroke.
As many as 50 million Americans . . .
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August 20, 2007 12:51 PM EDT --
How knowledgeable are you about heart disease? Take this short quiz and find out. Answers are printed at the bottom.
Which of the following put(s) you at risk for heart disease?
A. . . .
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September 04, 2007 11:24 AM EDT --
Q. I saw a newspaper column that said red yeast rice is a safer, more effective way to treat high cholesterol than statin drugs. Is that true?
A. Is red yeast rice safer than statins? Probably not. More . . .
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September 04, 2007 11:31 AM EDT --
Restless leg sydrome (RLS) is common, affecting about 10% of adults. Fortunately, only about a quarter of all people with RLS are affected seriously enough to require medical attention.
RLS becomes more . . .
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September 17, 2007 04:20 PM EDT --
True confession: Sometimes I forget to take my medicine. According to a report from the National Council on Patient Information and Education, I'm not alone among doctors. I'm certainly in good . . .
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June 26, 2007 11:15 AM EDT --
Balloon angioplasty has become one of the three standard treatments (with bypass surgery and drug therapy) for coronary artery disease. In this common condition, cholesterol-filled plaque bulges into the . . .
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July 16, 2007 10:18 AM EDT --
Heart attack triggers include many activities and events, such as getting angry, being involved in an earthquakes, having sex, and simply waking up in the morning. With triggers lurking everywhere, waiting . . .
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June 28, 2007 11:05 AM EDT --
Artificial trans fats, found in hard margarines, many commercially baked goods, and the fried foods in many restaurants, aren’t good for the heart and blood vessels. At least that’s the word . . .
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July 09, 2007 12:42 PM EDT --
Q. Is the heart-health message wrong? Pretty much everyone knows by now that they can “prevent” heart disease by not smoking, losing weight, exercising, watching their cholesterol and blood . . .
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